Nanopesticides and nanofertilizers: Emerging contaminants or opportunities for risk mitigation?

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Kah, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agrochemical; Environment; Nanoformulation; Nanotechnology; Plant protection product; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969584532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2015.00064     Document Type: Article

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